However, I see the potential for this to be a bigger job. Are there any editors that automate that kind of refactoring?
Let me ask: for this smaller scenario, what were the repetitive activities? Specifically, how would automation alleviate the labor?
As for the potential for this to be a bigger job, aren't there ways of minimizing such blowup risks in the first place? What can be done to avoid incrementalizing on data design?